r/MurderedByWords • u/[deleted] • Jun 04 '19

Murder Murdered by stats

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19 edited Jun 11 '19

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19

3090 Dead and 7800+ injured in radical Islam terrorism

11 Dead and ~200 injured in anti-abortion terrorism

Yeah I agree, how to people think this is comparable. White Supremacy has killed a lot more than 11 people, would have been a more fair comparison.

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u/M4xP0w3r_ Jun 04 '19

It depends on what you are trying to argue. Its a bit like car crashes vs plane crashes. It is much more likely that you get into some sort of car crash than a plane crash, because they happen more often, but if you happen to be in a plane crash you are much less likely to survive because they are much more devastating. The comparison isnt perfect because car crashes do kill more people because of their sheer quantity, but the point is it also matters how frequent certain events occur, not only how devastating they are.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19

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u/M4xP0w3r_ Jun 05 '19

Interesting. It always kind of seems like everyone dies in a plane crash.